The miniaturist Fanny Charrin (d. 1854), in white dress with embroidered border and thin red sash, pearl set gold tiara in her upswept and curling light brown hair

細節

JEAN-BAPTISTE-JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832)
The miniaturist Fanny Charrin (d. 1854), in white dress with embroidered border and thin red sash, pearl set gold tiara in her upswept and curling light brown hair
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular gilt-metal frame

來源

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22 March 1945, lot 61.
Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen, inv. no. 34, M/D 0320; sale, part I, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1977, lot 144.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

Fanny Charrin moved to Paris in 1806 and became a pupil of Leguay and Augustin. She exhibited miniatures at the Paris Salon and also worked as a painter on porcelain at the Sèvres factory.
Another version of this miniature was in the Warneck sale, part II, Leo Schidlof's Kunst-Auktions-Haus, Vienna, 19 November 1924, lot 17.